Reflections on authentic movement : theory, practice and arts-led research / Eila Goldhahn.

"This collection of essays advances the existing literature on Authentic Movement exploring the history, practice and theory of Authentic Movement which integrates the fields of dance, movement and psychotherapy. Providing a contemporary and new perspective, the book moves beyond the purely therapeutic and spiritual aims of Authentic Movement and opens it up to new applications. The first part of the book introduces the history and practice of Authentic Movement, describing and illustrating origins, forms and specific expert terminology and explaining their rationale. It then develops an in-depth analysis of particular aspects of Authentic Movement from the perspective of an expert practitioner using philosophy, dance history and the lens of art-making. Case studies exemplify how the practices and qualities of Authentic Movement can aid creative, reflective processes in dance, dance therapy as well as in visual art, film making, collaborative projects and ecology. The book emphasis a philosophical and scholarly approach which is rooted in interdisciplinary arts practices and Adler’s Discipline of Authentic Movement. The book offers a solid grounding and guide to Authentic Movement that will be accessible to scholars and students of dance therapy as well as counsellors, dancers, choreographers, psychotherapists and researchers in the arts and humanities and even in the sciences. It establishes her term MoverWitness as an alternative name."--From page [i].